SAN JOSE, Calif. - The finger that a woman said she found in a bowl of Wendy's chili came from an associate of her husband who lost the digit in an industrial accident, police said Friday.

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"The jig is up. The puzzle pieces are beginning to fall into place," Police Chief Rob Davis said.

The man is from Nevada and lost a part of his finger in an accident last December, Davis said. His identity was traced through a tip made to Wendy's hot line, he said.

He said authorities "positively confirmed that this subject was in fact the source of the fingertip."

Anna Ayala, the woman who said she found the finger, was arrested last month at her suburban Las Vegas home.

Ayala said she bit down on a 1 1/2 inch-long finger fragment while dining with her family in March at a San Jose Wendy's.

But authorities had said they believed the story was a hoax.

Ayala's husband, Jaime Plascencia, was arrested earlier this month on a fugitive warrant at the couple's home to face charges unrelated to the Wendy's case. San Jose police had said he used his children's personal information in a fraudulent manner for personal gain, and he was charged with identity theft, fraudulent use of official documents, failure to pay child support and child abandonment.

The man who lost the finger, whose name was not released, had given the finger fragment to Plascencia, Davis said.

A phone call to Ayala's attorney on Friday was not immediately returned.

Wendy's has offered a $100,000 reward and has said it has lost millions in sales since Ayala made the claim. Dozens of employees at the company's Northern California franchises also have been laid off.

"There are victims in this case that have suffered greatly," Davis said.

Wendy's had said all the employees at the San Jose store were found to have all their fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients have reported any hand or finger injuries.



I can't believe the city I live in has been made famous by this.

M

Thank God that's solved. The whole thing is simply ill...and not in the Beastie Boy Rap way either.

Someone should beat that woman's ass! People lost thier JOBS over that shit!

i was scurred this was gonna be about wendy melvoin and some kind of horrible guitar accident.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Fingertip?

JediMaster said:

somebody say YEAH!!!

Anxiety said:

Wrong Forum

Anxiety said:

:thumpsup:

Anxiety said:

Yeah.....yeah.....yeah..yeah.!!!


M.


p.s. Did everyone else get that?

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

YEAH!





Actually... No, not really.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Anxiety said:

i thought it was gonna be about the current aroma of her finger.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Might be a nice lisaish aroma, depends on your point of view

paintsprayer said:

ughhhh!!!

M

TheRealFiness said:

:audiencecheeringinbackground:

as for the finger: that nasty pidgeon.

paintsprayer said:

you said "lisaish"...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

paintsprayer said:

:veggieup:

superspaceboy said:

It's pretty bad that they solved it.....









































Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Damn, now we need another one, or three

:lisaish:

:wendysfinger:

paintsprayer said:

:bigchocolateprince:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Does the easter bunny bring those?

paintsprayer said:

do you know how many girls would jump the easter bunny if it did?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

:cadburrycreamegg:

:protectmyhead:

paintsprayer said:

:princeinabunnysuit:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That would be his face with rabbit ears for the emoticon


wendysfinger

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Now that the actual finger owner has been found, now I can go back to Wendy's. If someone see that Ayala on the street, they should slap her ass for causing people undue stress.

superspaceboy said:

Those were my first two thoughts when I read the title!